animal rights

A scene from the movie "Okja," featuring the title creature — a humongous pet pig.

A Netflix animal rights movie came at a strange time for South Korea

October 18, 2017Culture

South Koreans have opened their homes to animals after decades of turning them away.

For the Jewish ritual of Kaparot, a person's sins are symbolically transferred to a chicken, and then the chicken is slaughtered.

My sins are cleared for the year, but the chicken wasn’t so lucky

October 12, 2016Religion

Social posts from Jihadi fighters make the war in Syria sound almost fun

December 5, 2013Global Scan

Can Obama scare the NSA back into line?

October 31, 2013Global Scan